| Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo | ||||
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| Released | December 18, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 1984, 1992–2007 | |||
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| Length | 45:38 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo is a compilation album by American musician and Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. It was released on December 18, 2007 by Geffen Records.[1] It is available as a digital release, CD release and 12" vinyl (released on January 8, 2008). The album features home demos that Cuomo has recorded from 1992–2007.[2]
Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo leaked online on December 12, 2007.[3] When released, it opened with sales of 14,000, and debuted at #163 on the US Billboard 200.[4] The album also topped the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[5] The album had sold 43,000 copies as of December 2008.[6] It was followed by Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo (2008) and Alone III: The Pinkerton Years (2011), and in 2020 Cuomo would begin releasing nearly every Weezer demo under the Alone name on his website for purchase.
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- ^ Zeiss, John. "Rivers Cuomo to release demo collection". Prefix Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ Hurme, Hanna. "Whether You Like It Or Not, Rivers Cuomo Won't Leave You Alone". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ^ Jenison, David. "Groban's Gain, Blige's Pain on Charts". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2008-01-04. [dead link]
- ^ "Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo: Charts & Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ [1] Archived September 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine